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Category: Arts & Culture

  • Cinema vs Streaming – What does the audience really want?

    Cinema vs Streaming – What does the audience really want?

    Recently, a whole series of arguments were spilling all over the internet on something quite interesting. A hotly debated topic that sure is bound to divide a lot of people is the whole point of whether cinemas are the best or streaming is better. It is intriguing, to say the least, and deals with a lot…

  • Bad Habits – Flynn Meaney

    Bad Habits – Flynn Meaney

    Hello, dear book lovers!  I hope your February is starting out well. Last month was a bit of a dry spell concerning reading, but I am aiming to make sure that this month is different. I must finish the book I already started as well as start a new book this month as a treat.…

  • Impactful Books I Read in 2020

    Hello again, fellow bookworms!  I hope that you’ve all been doing well. It’s been a rocky start to the new year so far, and I, for one, am trusting that things will get better soon. To lighten the mood, however, I would like to talk about certain books that made the crazy year of 2020…

  • Sparrow Alone – Mim Eichmann

    Sparrow Alone – Mim Eichmann

    Hey everyone!  It is a brand-new year, and I find myself feeling very optimistic about this one (fingers crossed!). I hope the holidays have treated you all well! I have been doing a lot of reading and spending time with my family. So how about we start 2021 with a book review? This book was…

  • Five Things That Might Make 2021 (a bit) better

    Five Things That Might Make 2021 (a bit) better

    2020. Words cannot begin to describe the rollercoaster of emotions that has been this year. We all thought that WW3 almost happening in January was as bad as it could get… Oh boy were we wrong. However, let’s try and make this different. Let’s not go about sulking saying “My oh my, everything is bad”.…

  • Amari and the Night Brothers – B.B. Alston

    Amari and the Night Brothers – B.B. Alston

    Hello everyone, long time no see!  It’s been a while. I’ve been in the most dreadful reading slump lately, as well as been focusing on doing some freelance work, upskilling and building my own website. However, I am happy to say that things have been going well and participating in this book tour was a…

  • We Are All Problematic, So Why Should We Expect Fictional Characters to Be Perfect?

    Hey everyone! I’m back with a discussion post today. Recent life events, and discussions I see on Twitter about problematic people, authors, and fictional characters have made me think about how at certain points our outbursts concerning certain characters may be more harmful to our understanding of human nature than we think. Here are the…

  • The Inheritance Games – Jennifer Lynn Barnes

    The Inheritance Games – Jennifer Lynn Barnes

    Today I’ll be talking about a book that I reviewed as part of a grand book tour, organized by the lovely Dave, or @TheWriteReads, as he is known on Twitter. This book was hyped up as a great read, a YA filled with puzzles, mystery, and an interesting take on a love triangle. This was…

  • May Day – Josie Jaffrey: A Vampire mystery with a punch!

    May Day – Josie Jaffrey: A Vampire mystery with a punch!

    Hello again my fellow bibliophiles, I am taking part in an amazing blog tour, organized by the one and only @TheWriteReads on Twitter (you rock, Dave!!), and I am so glad that I took part in this one because this book was something else. Josie Jaffrey took the vampire trend and spun it into something…

  • 15 Productivity Tips for Students

    15 Productivity Tips for Students

    With schools supposedly opening in the next coming weeks and University students gearing up for a new year, here are some tips for students of all ages that might make your next scholastic year bearable.